Improvement in urinals



W111. HEPINEUZE. URIML. Na.172,433.

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UNITED S A PATENT Fries.

WILLIAM L. HEPINEUZE, or PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA, asslen'on OFTWO-THIRDS H-ISIRIGHT TO GREGORY BARAGZI- DE nrM'rrszoM AT AND JOSEPHHEILBRUN, or SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN URINALSn Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.[72,433, dated J anuary 18, 1876; application filed December 22, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. HEPINEUZE, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Urinals; and I do hereby declare the following to be aclear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fullyunderstand, make, and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which-Figures 1 and 2 are side views. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Figs. 4,5, and 6 are horizontal sections, respectively, ofFigs. l, 2, and 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in theseveral figures.

My invention consists of a urinal box or chamber whose upper portion istransparent, so as to permit the illumination of the place where the boxis located, and admission oflight thereinto. It further consists ofmeans for ventilating the box, the air being heated and purified andforcibly driven through apertures in the cornice and top. It alsoconsists of a grated floor, below which is a passage which leads to, orcommunicates with, the waste-pipe, so that water dropping on the floorwill pass through the same, reach the passage, and flow into thewaste-pipe.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the lower portion of the box,which may be made for accommodation of one or several persons, and,consequently, have one or more doors, B, and urinal-basins O, and saidbox will be, preferably, constructed of metal, and the inner facethereof, for a height of, say, five feet, lined with porcelain, enamel,or other proper material, so that said face may be readily cleansed.Above the box is a metallic frame-work, D, whose spaces are occupied byglass or windows, and within said frame will be placed the burner D of agas-fixture, lamp, or other light, whereby the frame or upper portion ofthe box may be readily illuminated, thus serving at night to give lightas a street-lamp, and indicate the location of the box, and, during theday, admit light into the box. E represents a metal dome, which issupported on the frame D. In the cornice F and top G of said dome thereare numerous ventilating-apertures, a, and said cornice and top overhangthe apertures so that rain and snow are prevented from entering the boxthrough said apertures.

It will be seen that foul air will escape through the apertures a, andthis operation will be assisted by the flame of the burner D, which willheat and purify the air, and increase the draft to the exit-openin gs a.The urinalbasin 0 will have attached to it a pipe, H, for passage offresh water therein, and a pipe, J, for discharge of the waste water,the fresh Water passing to the latter, and serving to wash the basin andpipe J. Surrounding the pipes H J is a packing, K, which, during thecold season, will prevent freezing of the pipes, and thus thelatter willnot be closed or stopped. L represents the fioorof the box, which is ofmetal, and open or grated, and below the same is a passage or space, M,which leads to the waste-pipe below the basin, so that water dropping onthe floor will'pass through the same, reach the passage M, and bedirected to the waste'pipe, by which means ample provision is made fordrainage, and the floor may be kept clean and dry. In the event ofwashing the floor. the water therefrom will readily flow into thewastepipe. The grated floor may be pivoted to an adjacent portion of thebox, and may be connected to the cool: of the fresh-water pipe, so that,as a person steps on the floor, it will lower and operate the cook,whereby the water will be turned on. When the person leaves the floor, aspring, suitably located, Will restore it to its normal position, andthe cock will close, the water then being cut off. The door B will bemade self= closing, and it will occupy only a portion of the height ofthe box, so that a space, N, is left above the door, whereby, with theother features stated, a most thorough ventilation will be produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The urinal-box, consisting of the lower p rtj0n A,,a1 1d uppertransparent portion D, grated floor; L, and 'the passage M below phe vgn bs'tgiljfijjfllyg giS-ainlfor theypurpose set forth. floorcommunicaklghp'g wi-fih mhemwstepipe,a sub- 2. The'do me E, having itscornice F an (1 top stan bially'as'aiild for" the pur ose set fortihf Gformed with exit-apertures a in combination v with the burner D, and theah -entrance spac' WILLIAM HEPINEUZE' N, substantially as and for thepurpose set Wifnesses: I forth. 01m AJ WEmERsfimM,

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